b.
1892
at
Cardiff
, son of
Augustus FrederickWilliams
,
mining engineer
,
he was educated at
Roath Park Elementary School
. In
1913
he joined the staff of the
South Wales and Monmouthshire Coalowners' Association
and was appointed as
chief assistant
to its
Secretary
,
Finlay A.Gibson
, in
1922
, and as its
Assistant Secretary
two years later. In
1936
he became
Joint Secretary
, the first
Welshman
to occupy such an office with this organisation.

Widely regarded as being one of the most knowledgeable figures in the coal industry of his time, he earned his greatest reputation in the field of
labour relations
. He was an outstanding
negotiator
, much respected by
coalowners
and
union officials
alike, and served as
joint secretary
of the
South Wales Conciliation Board
. He was also either
secretary
or a
member of numerous other mining organisations
, notably the
South Wales Committee of the Safety in Mines Research Board
. His involvement in the industry in
south Wales
was matched by his championing of it during the inter-war depression. He
wrote numerous promotional articles in the coal trade press
and was
joint honorary secretary
of the
south Wales ‘Back to Coal’ Movement
.

Following the nationalisation of the coal industry in
1947
he was appointed
chief executive officer
of the
Labour Relations Department
of the
National Coal Board
. Later that year he became the department's
Director-General
, a position he held until his retirement in
June 1954
.

In
1917
he m. (1)
Edith EllenDiamond
(d.
1934
) and in
1935
he m. (2)
BarbaraStamp
. The father of three children, he d. suddenly while on holiday in
Cornwall
on
26 Aug. 1955
.